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Shooting investigation underway in Valley Station

Louisville Metro Police are investigating a shooting in the Valley Station area.

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Updated: 12:19 AM EDT Aug 15, 2013

Shooting investigation underway in Valley Station

Louisville Metro Police are investigating a shooting in the Valley Station area.

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WEBVTT SHOTS RING OUT IN VALLEY STATION. GOOD EVENING, I'M VICKI DORTCH. RIGHT NOW, LOUISVILLE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A DOUBLE SHOOTING. IT HAPPENED JUST BEFORE 7 THIS EVENING... IN THE THREE THOUSAND BLOCK OF SPRINGTIME AVENUE. THAT'S SOUTH OF THE GENE SNYDER FREEWAY...NEAR DIXIE HIGHWAY AND BLEVINS GAP ROAD IN VALLEY STATION. WLKY'S DREW DO UGLAS IS LIVE NEAR THE SCENE AT THE AUTUMN LAKE TRAILER PARK.. DREW WHAT DO WE KNOW AT THIS POINT? POLICE SAY THE TWO MEN SHOT HAVE SUFFERED SERIOUS INJURIES. DETECTIVES APPEAR TO BE FOCUSED ON THIS TRAILER... MANY OF THE POLICE OFFICERS HAVE LEFT THE SCENE...WITH ONLY A COUPLE REMAINING. THE SHOOTING HAS LEFT THE NEIGHBORHOOD ON EDGE. : Tracy Hamm/Lives Nearby "Its scary, and you know crimes gotten bad back here." 20:05:45-50 DOZENS OF PEOPLE AT THE AUTUMN LAKE TRAILER PARK SPENT A PART OF THEIR EVENING GAWKING AT THE YELLOW CRIME TAPE AND POLICE OCCUPYIN G A PORTION OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. TRACY HAMM WAS ONE OF THEM. "I just heard all the cop cars and ambulances and seen them bring a guy out of the trailer down there." POLICE SAY AN UNKNOWN MAN ENTERED A TRAILER ON SPRINGTIME AVENUE AND SHOT THE TWO VICTIMS. THEY SAY THE TWO WOUNDED MEN DID NOT LIVE IN THE HOME WHER E IT HA PPENED. HAMM SAYS SHE WALKS NEAR THAT AREA EVERYDAY. "I walk a lot, I do a lot of walking and I t hank God I wasn't walking that way." 20:05:16-20 A MAN AND WOMAN ARRIVED AROUND 8 P-M...AND APPEARED VISIBLY SHAKEN AFTER SEEING THE CRIME SCENE. HAMM AND OTHERS WHO LIVE NEARBY SAY THEY ARE SICK OF SEEING THIS TYPE O F ACTIVITY IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. "I Hate it. I've been livign here 19 years and I want to move. Its sad, its really sad because there is a lot of young people in this park, a lot of kids and my fear is, is a kid going to be next?." 20:04:51-05:06 WE'RE TOLD DETECTIVES HAVE SOME LEADS IN THE CASE, BUT NO ONE HAS BEEN NAMED AS A SUSPECT SO FAR. IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION...YOU CAN CALL POLICE ANONYMOUSLY AT 574-LMPD. LIVE IN VALLEY STATION...DD...WLKY NEWS. THE NATIONAL

Shooting investigation underway in Valley Station

Louisville Metro Police are investigating a shooting in the Valley Station area.